Women's Hands Make Nice Work for Turkish Craft Site

Call it Etsy East: But instead of hip young American artists trying to renew the crafting tradition, the hands behind the goods for sale on the online marketplace Kadın Eliyle belong to low-income Turkish women.Although there is a strong tradition of entrepreneurship and self-employment in Turkey, the bureaucratic barriers can be high. Loans and training from the Kadın Emeğini Değerlendirme Vakfı (Foundation to Support Women’s Work) are helping women get small businesses started and market their wares locally and online.